"We're yet to know if that is going to translate into filling the positions," he said.

"Early indications are that it's likely to do so.

"We've had one person who has previously had their name up and was not interested in coming to the Goldfields consider changing their mind. Now we're in negotiations with that person about filling one of the vacant positions."

Mr Hamilton says although staff are not struggling to cover the patch, a few more would provide relief.

"We certainly use the current staff we have flexibly and we ask them to be flexible and service schools they might not otherwise have considered doing," he said.

"But we bring from neighbouring regions and from Perth as well, so if people want to work from here that's why we have the attraction bonus.